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Great job Schultzy!! That stuff is time consuming I'm sure. Just for the record, the onlyreason Alberta only has 8 entries is because nobody (residents) bowhunts up there. They're all gun hunters![:'(]:D:D

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You know what really jumps out at me is the low showing of the Canadian Provences. Maybe I'm missing some information about bowhunting those places, but considering all the big deer that are gun killed there I find the bow kill big bucks lacking. I'm surprised Indiana is so high too. I just told my nephew I didn't want to hunt Indiana this year when I come. I may have to rethink that. LOL It's a bummer to buy a non resisdent license for one day though. We hunt Ohio the week I'm there but the land owner doesn't allow Sunday hunting, even with the bow. We're the only ones(4) that hunt his 2000 acres. Just his thing and we have to obey.

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I have yet to have my buck scored by a registered scorer. I had a lot of people score it at 130", I myself scored it at that too. I could have maybe gave Illinois another one.

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I know PA had one more not entered. And MD had one not entered. I know this bc they are in my freezer at the Taxidermist being prepared for my wall. Never really got into the entering them.

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Good job schultzy I wish we knew how many of those Wi were on public lands because I would put it at maybe 10%-15%.


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You wouldn't have to worry about that if you lived here.

Mr. Pope would resurrect and help you drag and gut it.

Man caught a 4' gator the other day out of a farm pond....and it made the front page of the paper and they broke into the US OPEN with an "on the scene" news crew.

Each time abig buck is arrowed, here.....I think the guys at the horn playboy club allemit a hearty "You're ****tin' me".

Bigfootwould get less press.

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I think it was Germ's buddy Eberhart who stated that the numbers are misleading because in most of those high end mid-west states there are alot more 125"ish bucks that go un-entered because they are simply seen as "Ho hum".The average score of those entered midwest bucks is something like 15" higher than those entered in a state like PA or MI because a 125" is something 'To be proud of" trophy wise if you consider score as a determining factor in the term "Trophy"

By the way Germ I really do like that guy.......his videos rock. I just already employ most of the pre-season scouting techniques he uses although I did pick up some valuable info from him. Like how to be more sneaky. :)
If you don't do basically what he doesin the areaI hunt killing anything becomes blind stupid luck. I don't like blind stupid luck.

And yeah if I could get an official P&Y scorer ruling that my buck WAS scored incorrectly I would get him scored up and entered....because I got robbed! :D

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Opposite in our states, most guys don't enter because they don't want folks to know:D
BTW Ebherhart is on the Ant Xbow side in MI, I don't think were buddies anymore:D

In 2005 4 bucks were entered in my County into CBM. I know 5 that were shot that were not entered;) I take every states number with a + some number added to it.

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This was my thoughts, not sure I wanted anyone to know I shot what where. Would jeopardize my secret spots, but I guess Im selling them lately ;)cheap too haha. I am sure there are many bucks that get hit by cars, die naturally, or just plain dont get entered. Guess we will never really know. But I will make a stand that PA has the most, but we just have the most traffic as well, so most of ours get run over. :(

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It would seem as though there is a disconnect also becaus KY is one of the top 10 states for B&C entries (I think it is actually top 5)

The number of bowhunters in the states would be interesting to see along side this info. If a state has 1000000000000 monster bucks but only 1 bowhunter, the number would still be 1.